“All of us carry around countless bags of dusty old knickknacks dated from childhood: collected resentments, long list of wounds of greater or lesser significance, glorified memories, absolute certainties that later turn out to be wrong. Humans are emotional pack rats. These bags define us.”
Marya Hornbacher
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
Similar quotes
“Adults were pack rats of old, useless emotions.”
Reif Larsen
The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet
“Sometimes, the only way to exorcise old ghosts is to pack your bags and move in with them.”
Yasmine Galenorn
Songs of Love and Death: All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love
“I would rather carry around a plastic bag with five thousand Euro inside, than carry around a Louis Vuitton/Gucci/Prada bag with only one hundred Euro inside!”
C. JoyBell C.
“You don't have to beat around the bush about it, Mila. If you want to be there at sunrise, just pack an overnight bag when you come out.”
Courtney Cole
If You Stay
“As I handed her the bag, the old scars on my wrist throbbed with buried memories.”
Maggie Stiefvater
Linger